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July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wondered why Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who sponsored a House-passed amendment last week to bar the District of Columbia government, including the Metropolitan Police Department, from enforcing its local gun laws, has not introduced a bill or amendment to expand access to guns in federal buildings in D.C.


July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who chairs the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said today that she will be meeting with top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials soon because of


July 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – In a statement, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she was "thrilled" to learn that President Barack Obama called for statehood for the District of Columbia at a My Brother's Keeper initiative town hall meeting today. Her statement follows:


July 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), praised the President for issuing an Executive Order today prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity.


July 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will host her annual2014 Senior Legislative Dayat the newly-constructed Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (101 N Street, NW) from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.,where Norton and many D.C. seniors went to school. Nearly 150 D.C.


July 17, 2014

Washington, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Office of Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has informed Roll Call that he plans to continue to try to overturn D.C.'s gun laws. The Office's statement follows, by one day, House passage of an amendment, sponsored by Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), to the Fiscal Year 2015 D.C.


July 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Following an analysis of yesterday's vote on the Massie amendment to prohibit the District of Columbia from enforcing local gun laws, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was "extremely pleased that Democrats strongly supported D.C.'s home rule right to protect our residents and grateful to the four Republicans who voted with us and against the grain of their col


July 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – At Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) hastily organized press conference on Capitol Hill today with D.C.


July 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a press conference today, Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. in Cannon 421, to discuss Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) amendment passed yesterday in the House that would ultimately block D.C.